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Thanksgiving Day: 24 Nov. 2011 – In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in […]
Continue reading …U.S. Health Care Reform Law Heads to High Court Showdown
16/11/2011 Comments Off on U.S. Health Care Reform Law Heads to High Court Showdown
Key elements of the U.S. Health Care Reform will go before the nation’s highest court next spring, and any decision could become an election year bombshell. The United States Supreme Court announced 14 Nov. 2011, that it will hear oral arguments on a total of four specific questions raised in federal circuit court decisions that […]
Continue reading …WorkStrong: Realizing Our Own Greatness
14/11/2011 Comments Off on WorkStrong: Realizing Our Own Greatness
From Peter Weddle’s WorkStrong blog: There’s a new book out called Good Enough Is the New Perfect. It’s a catchy title, but a terrible idea. Yes, of course, we can overdo our quest for ever-better performance on-the-job. And certainly, many of us do forget to stop and enjoy what we have already achieved with our work. […]
Continue reading …Half a Million More Jobs Lost if Unemployment Insurance Extension Expires
09/11/2011 Comments Off on Half a Million More Jobs Lost if Unemployment Insurance Extension Expires
Analysis: For many of those seeking jobs in the United States, the reality is that there just aren’t enough jobs, period. As a result, like it or not, unemployment insurance payment are helping to save the nation from losing more than 500,000 additional jobs. Should a Republican-controlled congress decide to not extend unemployment insurance, consumer […]
Continue reading …EPI – Minimal Improvement in Job Prospects in the U.S.
08/11/2011 Comments Off on EPI – Minimal Improvement in Job Prospects in the U.S.
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) released on 8 Nov. 2011 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the number of job openings increased by 225,000 in September to 3.4 million. The total number of unemployed workers in September was 14.0 million (unemployment data come from the Current Population Survey). Therefore the […]
Continue reading …Employment Trends Index Up 5% in October From Last Year
07/11/2011 Comments Off on Employment Trends Index Up 5% in October From Last Year
Glimmers of hope are appearing for job seekers as economic data are showing a positive trends. Business forecasting group, The Conference Board reports that its Employment Trends Index increased in October to 101.92, up from the revised figure of 101.20 in September. The October figure is up 5% from the same month a year ago. […]
Continue reading …NYT Op Ed – Labor Rights, Under Republican Attack
14/10/2011 Comments Off on NYT Op Ed – Labor Rights, Under Republican Attack
In the past month, the National Labor Relations Board has come under furious attack from Republicans in Congress, and decades-old workers’ rights are at risk. Backed by a well-financed lobbying and publicity offensive, Republicans are using a recent labor-law complaint against Boeing to achieve a radical goal that goes far beyond the legal issues in […]
Continue reading …Conference Board Employment Trends Index Down
11/10/2011 Comments Off on Conference Board Employment Trends Index DownThe Conference Board Employment Trends Index decreased in September 2011 to 100.95, down from the revised figure of 101.37 in August. The September figure is up 4.4% from the same month a year ago. “Despite the somewhat better than expected employment numbers released on Friday, 07 Oct. 2011,the decline in the Employment Trends Index in […]
Continue reading …10 States Losing the Most Jobs to China
09/10/2011 Comments Off on 10 States Losing the Most Jobs to China
From 24/7 Wall St. China is taking American jobs, labor unions, politicians and economists, have accused for some time. The logic is simple. While a manufacturing job in the U.S. may pay $50 an hour, when salary and benefits are factored in, Chinese factory laborers make little more than a few hundred dollars a month. […]
Continue reading …Steve Jobs Dead at 56, Visionary Apple Founder
05/10/2011 Comments Off on Steve Jobs Dead at 56, Visionary Apple Founder
Steve Jobs Dead: Apple Inc. chairman and co-founder Steven P. Jobs, personal computer pioneer who changed the way people think about and use technology, died Wednesday, 5 Oct. 2011, age 56. It’s hard to imagine how many jobs have been created because of the imagination of Steve Jobs. There are whole categories of employment — desktop publishing, for […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill